M25 stopped traffic J12–J13

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J12–J13 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 06:53. Cleared at 09:33 after 2 h 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:33 on 20 Oct 2026, after 2 h 41 min

Location

M25 · J12–J13

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~52 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 06:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 07:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:38 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 07:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
6. 08:06 TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
7. 08:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 08:20 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~45)
9. 08:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 08:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 09:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. 09:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 09:33 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 09:33 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

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• M25 delays J5–J6 clockwise02:02 · cleared after 6 h 9 min

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